Spam valley
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Spam Valley is a light-hearted, local, jokey term for an area of more expensive housing within a town or village, especially when sited next to a council housing area.
The Spam Valley term is used widely in Scotland, although most notably in the Midlothian town of Bonnyrigg where the following streets are said to be within the Spam Valley area:
Scollon Avenue, James Leary Way, Wishart Avenue, Martin Grove, McQuade Street & Evans Gardens.
And also an area of Gallowhill, Kirkintilloch where the following streets are said to be within the Spam Valley area: Boghead Road, Thornwood Ave, Pinewood Ave, Glenwood Drive, Forrest Place and Heather Drive.
The name comes from the rumour that the residents of Spam Valley had paid so much for their houses that although they appeared wealthy to the local population they were actually nearing poverty and were reduced to eating low-cost meat product Spam.
